The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 58 Chai Rong, I Call You Brother
Zhao Hongyin's death dealt a great blow to Zhao Xu. He had experienced Lao Dao's death and her death in his previous life.

They were the closest people to him at that time, and they came to this world with their grandfather who loved them the most.parents.

Now that his grandfather passed away suddenly, Zhao Xu was of course very sad. At the same time, he was determined to get rid of Lin Renzhao.

Originally it was just the wind and cold, but it further caused the arrow wound, so the elderly Zhao Hongyin couldn't survive.

Zhao Xu originally thought that when he came to this world, something would change, but he didn't expect his grandfather to leave anyway.

Grandpa's last wish when he died was to see Zhao Xu get married, but he couldn't.

This was the third time Zhao Xu had tasted the pain of losing a loved one, and it was a very bad taste.

It was a pity that Chai Rong heard that Zhao Hongyin had passed away, so he issued an imperial edict to posthumously present Zhao Hongyin as Jiedu Envoy and Taiwei of the Wuqing Army.

At the same time, in order to commend Zhao Kuangyin's military exploits, he was worshiped as the Jiedu envoy of the Dingguo Army.Zhao Xu's resignation is not accepted.

But I made a request to Chai Rong, asking Chai Rong to be the officiant for him, which is probably for Grandpa's wish.

Chai Rong heard that this was Zhao Hongyin's last wish, so he nodded in agreement.

In Guojiantian, Zhao Kuangyin sent envoys to send Huangfuhui, Yao Feng and other prisoners of war to Zhou Shizong.

At this time, Huangfuhui was almost dying, after all, Zhao Kuangyin's stick should not be underestimated.

Although after some treatment, Huangfu Hui was angry, so the old man was still seriously injured and bedridden.

Zhou Shizong also knew about this Huangfu Hui, a veteran with great military exploits, nothing to say, so Chai Rong went to meet this Huangfu Hui on purpose.

After seeing Zhou Shizong, when Huangfuhui mentioned why he was defeated, he sighed and said:
"It's not that I'm disloyal to Southern Tang, but the gap between my soldiers and your army is too great. I have never seen such an opponent when I fought against the Liao army before."

At the same time, he also strongly praised Zhao Kuangyin's bravery.Zhou Shizong released Huangfuhui, who died a few days later.

Both the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Zhou Dynasty strongly praised Huangfuhui.Then Zhou Jun fought several victories.

Here the Zhou army is in full swing, and the Southern Tang and Jiangbei are constantly being occupied. Li Jingjun and his ministers are a little scared, so they have the idea of ​​seeking peace.

But I was lucky, wanted to seek peace, and hoped that I could win the battle before negotiating peace, so this time I didn't really send an envoy to seek peace.

Li Jing just sent Sizhou Yajiang General Wang Zhilang to Xuzhou with his own letter to find out what Chai Rong said.

Yajiang is the general who commands the Yajun, and Yajun is the name of the personal soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Jiedushi.The city where the chief general of the Ya Army lives is called Ya City because of the Ya flag built there.

The official office of Jiedushi in Tang Dynasty was called Shiya, and Jiedushi specially organized an army to protect Yacheng and Shiya, called Yajun.

Yu Yajun has an important position in the army of the feudal town, so the rewards he receives are extremely generous.They are often inherited from father to son, joined the army for generations, and are connected by marriage and family, forming an unruly and arrogant army group, and some Jiedushi are controlled by them instead.

When the tooth soldiers were not as happy as they wanted, they gathered a crowd to make trouble, abolished the head coach, and it was a joke.

According to the military system of the Five Dynasties period, five people are a corps leader, 20 are Shichang, a hundred are Centurion, and 500 are Xiaodutong.

1000 people are the generals, 3000 are the generals, and 5000 are the generals.

This Wang Zhilang will die a high official with thousands of people, but he is Li Jing's most trusted confidant, so he was sent to deliver the letter.

When Wang Zhilang was leaving, Li Jing still hoped to win the battle in Jiang, so he told Wang Zhilang not to act so fast.

This guy Wang Zhilang really did this, the journey was really similar to sightseeing, stop and go, stop and go, and finally arrived in Xuzhou after more than half a month.

Originally, according to Li Jing's intention, you Wang Zhilang went to Xuzhou to find someone and just handed the letter to Chai Rong. You can wait a little longer and find out about Zhou Jun's truth.

This guy Wang Zhilang was dizzy, and immediately went to see Chai Rong himself.

"Your Majesty, General Wang Zhilang, the Sizhou Yajiang General of the Southern Tang Dynasty, said that he was crazy. The Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty ordered him to come to see His Majesty. Do you want to see him or not?"

The soldier who reported asked anxiously.

"Wang Zhilang from the Southern Tang Dynasty, did he come alone, or did he come with a large team?" Chai Rong didn't say whether he had seen him or not. This is how many people Wang Zhilang brought here.

"His Majesty, he brought a few guards with him. The other Taoist priests are fine, but they are accompanied by local Tang officials from Xuzhou."

The soldier who was asked answered honestly.

Chai Rong also murmured in his heart:

"It seems that he didn't come here privately, then Li Jing must have asked him to come, so what is he doing here?"

Chai Rong thought about it for a long time and didn't have a clue, so let him come in and take a look, so he will know.

After a while, Wang Zhilang was led in, of course he was the only one there, and it was impossible for others to see Chai Rong.

"The emperor of Southern Tang sent Wang Zhilang to see the emperor of Zhou." Wang Zhilang was not an official of Zhou, and Southern Tang was not a vassal of Zhou, so this Wang Zhilang just bowed and saluted.

The guards around Chai Rong couldn't bear it, the so-called master humiliated his ministers to death, you just bowed your hands, didn't you just look down on me, Da Zhou?

The guard immediately yelled loudly:
"Bold, Wang Zhilang, why doesn't His Majesty kneel when you see us?" Several guards in the tent looked at Wang Zhilang sharply.

Wang Zhilang is not an idiot, otherwise he would not be able to become a Yajun, even if he is highly valued by the emperor, the Yajun will not accept it.

"The lower official is not a subordinate official of the Zhou Kingdom, but the lower official represents the emperor of our Tang Kingdom, so the lower official does not have to kneel down."

In fact, Wang Zhilang was exaggerating too. If he could represent Li Jing, he would definitely come here as an imperial envoy, not in a sneaky way like this.

Chai Rong also waved his hand, he didn't care about it, but he really wanted to know why he came here.

"General Wang, why are you here?"

"Reporting to the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I will send you a letter written by our Majesty according to His Majesty's edict." As he spoke, he took out a letter.

Zhang Dejun, who was beside Chai Rong, took the letter with a bowed body, and handed it to Chai Rong respectfully. Chai Rong did not doubt it.

Opening it directly, I saw that it was still in beautiful lower script. Chai Rong was still thinking to himself, this Li Jing's calligraphy is not bad.

Open the letter in your hand, the beginning is:
"Emperor Tang sends greetings to Emperor Zhou." Chai Rong read the letter with a smile on his face, feeling good.

The meaning of the letter is, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, let's stop fighting. I am willing to give gold and silver treasures every time, just to hope that our two countries can have a good relationship.

Isn't peace the most important thing, why do you have to fight and kill?Isn't war since the Five Dynasties all about money!

Okay, don't beat me up, I'll give you the money directly, isn't that all right, and I won't let you work hard.

I don't have to work hard to stop you, and the officials below me don't have to bother me every day.

Hello and me, if it’s really not possible, I can call you brother, we will become a country of brothers, if this is the case, we will lose our career.

This Li Jing actually wanted to serve Chai Rong's brother in order not to fight. This is too funny. Li Jing is five years older than Chai Rong.

Isn't it shameful to call himself a younger brother? Li Jing can do it. Chai Rong thought of "Son Emperor" Shi Jingtang, he looked down on this kind of person the most.

So Chai Rong sent Wang Zhilang away without any reply, and he never thought of retreating.

I have a lot of money. Where can I use it? You give it to me. What I want is land. What I want is your land in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Can you give it to me?

So I only believe in my own strength, and I can rest assured that I can occupy the title with my own strength.

There is an emperor like you in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is not far away from destroying the country. If you just give me some money, you want to send me away. Do you think I am a beggar?
You still call me brother, even if you call me uncle, I will not retreat, and I will not reply to you, you slowly captured your city.

Li Jing didn't expect that he wanted to call Chai Rong a brother, but he didn't agree, it was really depressing, of course he didn't know now.

(End of this chapter)